President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed Aileen Anunciacion Zosa as the new president and chief executive officer (PCEO) of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), the first woman to hold the position.
Zosa took her oath of office as the new BCDA PCEO in Malacañan Palace on August 11, 2022.
As a career executive of 27 years at the BCDA, Zosa will continue to share her institutional knowledge with the agency.
She will bring with her over a decade of experience in business development and public policy as she worked her way up from various academic and bureaucratic positions in the public sector.
As BCDA president and CEO, Zosa will continue the infrastructure thrust of the previous administration.
Additionally, her focus will be on revenue generation, especially for the Armed Forces of the Philippines modernization, and in strengthening the BCDA organization to be more responsive and efficient in the delivery of projects.
“For the development of our properties, we have introduced three major components that will distinguish our properties from the pack and make our projects more globally competitive. These are sustainability, gender diversity and gender sensitivity, as well as smart components. Our projects should embed those three important elements. I hope that my experiences and perspective as a career executive and as a woman continue to bring a different lens on approaching opportunities and challenges for BCDA,” Zosa said.
Zosa started her career in BCDA as manager for corporate planning and project development and later on was promoted to vice president, and executive vice president and CEO of the state firm until July 2022.
Zosa said she aims to improve systems and processes in the organization and to “do more with less,” noting that the government will have to cope with a tightening budget.
She started her career in government service in the Commission on Audit in 1984.
She also worked in the Office of Senate majority leader Teofisto Guingona Jr. where she undertook policy and legislative support functions, and actively participated in the research, formulation, and deliberations on the Bases Conversion Law and the Special Economic Zones Law. These laws eventually laid the foundation of the BCDA.
Zosa replaced Aristotle Batuhan, who served as officer-in-charge of the BCDA Office of the President and CEO since October 2021.
